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Clapham Town

Ward

West Lambeth. About 15,919 people in 1.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Clapham Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
15,901
Joint 617th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Clapham Town compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Clapham TownMiddle
Population25 wards, Lambeth · 2021
Population: every ward in Lambeth25 areas from 8,856 to 17,661. The middle area is 11,387. Clapham Town is 15,901.
15,9016th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares25 wards, Lambeth · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Lambeth25 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Clapham Town is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage25 wards, Lambeth · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Lambeth25 areas from 86.9% to 96.1%. The middle area is 92.7%. Clapham Town is 90.3%.
90.3%5th lowest
Claimant rate25 wards, Lambeth · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Lambeth25 areas from 3.3% to 9.4%. The middle area is 6.5%. Clapham Town is 4.1%.
4.1%4th lowest

Is Clapham Town safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Clapham Town at a rate of 178.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 155.3 per 1,000 people across Lambeth.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 213 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Clapham Town.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (495), other crime (445) and theft from the person (385).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Lambeth

These figures are published for the whole of Lambeth, not for each ward, so they describe all of Lambeth and not Clapham Town alone. See Lambeth

Average house price
£536,623
Down 6.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£49,034
19th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
10.9×
Joint 35th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
23.0
Joint 104th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Clapham Town in brief

Clapham Town had 15,901 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Clapham Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Clapham Town, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Clapham Town, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.